Demolition of a tower.

As Iker said today, the power plant of Puertollano is being demolished. No more coal is going to be burnt at this power plant. Good news for our planet!

Vocabulary:

said: dijo
being: siendo
demolished: demolida.
Coal: carbón
burnt: quemado
news: noticias.

Ugly Duckling

Once upon a time there was a little Ugly Duckling. His mummy doesn't love him because he is different. So, he starts to walk and walk alone. He finds an old woman with a cat and a hen; but they don't love him. He finally arrives in a pound, and he stays there. But winter comes, and he becomes trapped in the ice. A farmer saves him from death. When spring comes, the farmer frees him in the pound. And, when Ugly Duckling looks himself in the water... Surprise! He can see that now he is a beautiful swan.

Vocabulary:

Once upon a time: érase una vez.

because: porque

alone: solo.

arrive: llegar

pound: estanque.

becomes trapped: quedar atrapado

ice: hielo

death: muerte

frees: liberar

when: cuando

himself: a sí mismo

swan: delfín

A very difficult problem.

Este va en español. Si alguien se atreve a intentar averiguarlo... ¡Buena suerte!

Mi madre y yo nos hemos pesado juntos en la báscula de la farmacia, y nos ha salido que pesamos 87 kg.

Luego nos hemos pesado mi padre y yo, y el resultado ha sido de 105 kg.

Finalmente se han pesado mis padres. Juntos pesan 118 kg.

¿Puedes averiguar con estos datos cuánto pesa cada uno de nosotros?

Another problem.

A long time ago there were two Scottish sheepherders enthusiastic about Mathematics. Their names: McMurray and Wallace. One day McMurray said:

- Hey, Wallace! Why don't you give me two of your sheeps? In this way I will have the same number of animals than you.

Wallace answer:

- ¿And why don't you give me one sheep? In this way I will have three times your sheeps.

¿How many sheeps had McMurray got? ¿How many sheeps had Wallace got?

Hace mucho tiempo había en Escocia dos pastores muy aficionados a las matemáticas. Sus nombres eran McMurray y Wallace. Un día dijo McMurray a Wallace:

- ¡Hey, Wallace! ¿Por qué no me das dos ovejas? Así tendré el mismo número de animales que tú.

A lo cuál respondió Wallace:

- ¿Y por qué no me das tú una oveja? Así yo tendré el triple de ovejas que tú.

¿Cuántas ovejas tenía McMurray? ¿Cuántas ovejas tenía Wallace?

Good luck / Buena suerte.

A new challenge for today.

This is a beautiful problem. Try to solve it:

There are 29 children at class. There are boys and girls. There are three more girls than boys. How many boys and girls are there at class?

Translation: Hay 29 niños en clase. Hay niños y niñas. Hay tres niñas más que niños ¿Cuántos niños y niñas hay en la clase?

King Midas Story.

This is the story that we have watched today at class. Play it again and try to understand as much as possible!

King Midas story

Ahh, I almost forget it! This is the vocabulary of today, about school:

Corridor: pasillo
Extinguisher: extintor
Handrail: barandilla.
Grills: rejas.
Flag: bandera
Bench: banco (de sentarse)
Medicine chest: botiquín.
Stairs: escaleras (upstaris, downstairs)

Tomorrow we will continue learning new words in relation with school. Good afternoon!

The honest woodcutter.

This is a beautiful story that I have found today. Enjoy it!!


http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2cbm0u_the-honest-woodcutter-short-moral-stories-for-children-english-animated-stories-for-kids_shortfilms